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Bunnell man sentenced to life in prison in child sex case

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A Bunnell man was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 30 years after being found guilty of child sexual abuse Wednesday, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

Thomas Donald Underwood, 32, pleaded no contest to seven counts of sexual battery on a child and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation. The judge sentenced him to 30 years for the seven sexual battery counts and life in prison for lewd or lascivious molestation.

Underwood committed the crimes during the mid-’90s, but the victims did not report the abuse for 16 years, the State Attorney’s Office said.